电视剧的蓝本来自于著名作家H.G. Bissinger的小说《Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team and a Dream》，小说曾获普利策文学奖，讲述了在Texas一支高中橄榄球队Odessa-Permian Panthers在1988赛季比赛的真实故事，故事里的教练、球员及他们的经历都是真实的。
After Ziva's apparent death, Tony raises their daughter Tali. Years later, Ziva returns, and reunites with Tony. Tony's company is attacked, the family goes to Europe, trying to learn who's after them and to trust each other again.
